Rockwell's America 2

Remember Norman Rockwell's America at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, which I previewed in 2010 and described as "a must" (CLICK)? English journalist and historian Paul Johnson, writing in the December/January 2012 issue of The American Spectator magazine, has judged the exhibition London's best in 2011 (title link). He remarks on the enduring popularity of Rockwell's direct pictorial storytelling and, conversely, its unpopularity with art critics. "Of course the art critics hated him... He left them with no function to perform. He spoke directly to the public" (title link). Yup.